History of Research
Donald Lynden-Bell and Martin Rees hypothesized in 1971 that the center of the Milky Way galaxy would contain a supermassive black hole. Thus, the first thoughts about supermassive black holes related to the center of the Milky Way. Sagittarius A* was discovered and named on February 13 and 15, 1974, by astronomers Bruce Balick and Robert Brown using the baseline interferometer of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. They discovered a radio source that emits synchrotron radiation; also it was found to be dense and immobile because of its gravitation. Therefore, the first discovered supermassive black hole exists in the center of the Milky Way.
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